#514B25#514B25

#514B25 is a dark, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.069; OKLCH L 40.9% C 0.057 H 100.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#514B25
RGB	rgb(81, 75, 37)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 32%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.4%, 54.3%, 68.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(31.61, -3.49, 23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(31.61, 23.63, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(40.93% -0.0103 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(40.93% 0.057 100.5)
XYZ	xyz(6.2435, 6.9153, 2.7558)
Luminance	0.0692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#514B25 #252B51

analogous

#513525 #514B25 #415125

triadic

#514B25 #25514B #4B2551

tetradic

#514B25 #255135 #252B51 #512541

square

#514B25 #255135 #252B51 #512541

split-complementary

#514B25 #254151 #352551

monochromatic

#15130A #272412 #514B25 #7B7238 #A5994B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.81

#514B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.38

#514B25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #514B25

8.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##514B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##514B25	1.00	8.81	2.38	8.81
#FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514922

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#534B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#574642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4A4A4A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #514b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(81, 75, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(40.9% 0.057 100.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#837d60',
    500: '#514b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #514b25;
$custom-light: #837d60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#514b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 81,
    "g": 75,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.818,
    "s": 37.288,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.40926,
    "c": 0.05654,
    "h": 100.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.06915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#514B25

secondary

#4E5584

accent

#6ACD5B

background

#F8F7F5

surface

#EFEEE9

border

#CAC9C5

text

#0B0905

muted

#7C7B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #514B25

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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